1 8 - P h i l i p and M a r y . 1 5 5 5 .
Bust of Mary, I., her coif bordered with jewels and veiled
behind; gown embroidered and jewelled. Leg. m a b ia i b e g .
ANGL . FRANC . ET . HIB . Z .
Rev. Bust of Philip II., r., in armour, medal suspended to
riband. Leg. p h i l i p . d . g . h i s p . e e x . Z .
1-5.
MB. N . JR. Bibl. Paris, JR. Munich, JR. Bare.
Cast and chased; very fine contemporary medals. The portraits
are imitated from the preceding.
1 9 - P h i l i p a n d M a r y . 1555.
Bust of Mary, I., &c.; similar to the last. No legend.
Rev. Bust of Philip II., r., &c.; similar to the last, but no
medal and riband. No legend.
1'4. Med. Hist. v. 2. Perry, iii. 4. Yan Mieris, III. 378.
Gent. Mag. 1778, p. 247.
MB. JR. JE. Hunter, JE (without reverse). Bare.
Cast and chased. The portraits upon this medal are copied
from the same originals as the preceding, but differ slightly in
the details. They are generally very highly finished by the
chasing tool. The bust of Mary sometimes occurs without that
of her husband. In this state the medal is rare, but much
more so with both busts. A specimen in the Strawberry Hill
collection was purchased by Horace Walpole in Italy, and is
called by him of “ most exquisite workmanship and certainly
the finest modern medal known.” A modern imitation chased
by Stuart or Gaab, both of whom were much employed upon
such works, is not uncommon.
20. Maby. State of E ngland. 1555.
Half-length figure of Mary, Z., &c.; same as No. 17.
Rev. Mary personifying Peace, head irradiated, is seated, r.,
and partly kneeling on a cube, symbolic of stability and decorated
with united hands; scales are lying near, indicative of justice.
She applies a torch to a pile of arms, in front of a temple, and
extends branches of palm and olive over a group of suppliants
involved in flood and tempests; above, are rays issuing from
clouds; below, water. Leg. c e c i s v i s v s t im i d i s . q v i e s .
(Sight to the blind, Peace to the timid.)
2'65. Med. Hist. v. 3. Perry, iii. 1 . Van Loon, I. 10.
Köhler, VII. 1 . Luckius, 165. Evelyn, 90.
MB. M .M . G. F. Huth, X . Not uncommon.
This medal is well executed by Trezzo. It is in high relief,
and always cast.
I t has been supposed by Evelyn and others to refer to the
suppression of Wyat’s rebellion, and to the encouragement
given to the Boman Catholics after the restrictions imposed
upon them by Edward VI., and the device of that part of
the medal to be suggested by Psalm lxvi. 11, “ We went
through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a
wealthy place.” This is perhaps rather a forced interpretation
of what might be partly intended as emblematic of the state of
the kingdom as viewed by the Queen’s friends. Peace, with the
accompaniments of durability, unanimity, and justice, is destroying
the arms of the turbulent, and pacifying the fears of
the timid. I t was probably executed by order of Philip, as a
compliment to Mary upon her government of the kingdom.
21. Maby. 1555.
Half-length figure of Mary, I., &c.; same as No. 17.
Rev. Priestess of Vesta, r., keeping up the sacred flame upon
an altar. Leg. c a s t e e t s v p p l i c i t e e . (Chastely and sup-
pliantly.)
2-6. Med. Hist. v. 5.
MB. iE. Hunter, JE. Bare.
This medal is cast and chased, and in high relief. It is
composed of the obverse of No. 17, and of the reverse of a
medal issued upon the marriage of Maximilian with Mary the
daughter of Charles V., in 1548. (See Van Mieris, III. 212.)
Its application to Mary could therefore only be general, common
to her with any other bride, intimating her duty to her husband
and her God, purity and devotion. The altar upon the Hunter